She delights in the connections between the decorative and design elements, such as her love of crystals and the dining room wallpaper depicting rings of malachite. When her designer, Elle Cantrell, showed her the wallpaper, Boone teared up.

“They’re great design choices, but they’re also just so personally meaningful to me,” Boone said. “It’s your dream house when it’s personal.”

Laura Boone, with her English cream golden retriever, Sunni, purchased the Craftsman home in 2015. Boone is co-owner of Turnerboone commercial interiors.
(Text by Lori Johnston/ Photos by Christopher Oquendo/ Christopher Oquendo www.ophoto)

Renovations retained original features like the hardwood floors and a clawfoot tub, but new iron windows and sliding doors were installed to broaden the scope of indoor-outdoor entertaining.

Renovations: She added walls of iron windows on the back of the house and added upstairs and downstairs porches. She also removed the wall between the master bedroom and third bedroom to create a large master suite, with sliding doors to block off the spaces when needed. Other major updates included updating the kitchen with new appliances; waterproofing and sealing the basement; and installing new iron rails and grates, art lighting, chandeliers and fixtures. Outside, there’s a new roof and gutters, and an underground water system and cistern to reclaim and reuse rainwater. The exterior and interior were repainted.